Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!uport!ken
From: ken@uport.UUCP (Ken Chapin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: need help with modem, the saga continues
Keywords: HELP!!, modem, 3.0e
Message-ID: <297@uport.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 89 04:49:32 GMT
References: <11322@quacky.mips.COM>
Reply-To: ken@uport.UUCP (Ken Chapin)
Organization: Microport Systems, Scotts Valley, CA
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In article <11322@quacky.mips.COM> menna@mips.COM (Randy Menna) writes:
>
>    "init: process respawning too rapidly, check for possible errors:
>    /etc/getty -h -t 30 ttyM00 2400"

This sounds like the kernel doesn't know how to open up the tty port due to
something like not having the appropriate io address of the hardware. What I
would do in this situation is 1) do a "ttypatch -d -t0" to see what the kernel
knows about the ttyport. This command will come back with an address and a few
other things. 2) Make sure your serial hardware is configured such that it 
matches what the kernel thinks via jumpers, dip switches, etc... If this is not
the problem, then there is a good chance that it is a hardware problem.

Ken Chapin         UUCP: ...!{sun | ucbvax | ihnp4}!amdcad!uport!ken
Microport Systems
Technical Support